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Tuesday, November 23, 2004

TODAYS LINK DROP

See this is what happens when Jews go wild. The police get involved, your name ends up on somebody's stupid blog, and all of a sudden the Kosher Palette cookbook isn't the most noteworthy thing about your school. (Note to scolds: Once it appears in a newspaper it is not loshon harah.)

JFK Reloaded a new video game cum physics experiment promises 100K to anyone who can recreate Lee Harvey Oswald's lucky three shots. Getting killed two day's later, on live TV by a Jewish mobster is optional.

What is kabbalah? We have no idea but some raggesy newspaper in Toronto thinks it does. And again, I am reminded that the misnagdim, pace Yehupy, were right when that argued that Kabbalah and the masses were a bad mix. By the way, we have not heard from Yehupy in days. We hope he didn't end up like Burry Katz.

Promiscuous Simcha is still saying hello to every new blogger under the sun. We want ours.

Unconfirmed rumor: Did chikkimunkee play Yoko to Bronstein's Lennon and precipitate the breakup of Protocols who, like the Beatles, were another good band? Curious minds are rapidly spreading this story to anyone who will listen.

And up in Syracuse, where the snow has started to fall, and the minds have started to melt, Otto the Orange, mascot for the SU athletic teams, will be given a bar mitzvah.

If it relates to Jews, Judaism, holidays, Midrash,Torah, halacha or anything similar, I probably have a post on it. And if I have a post on it, I probably have a good comment thread with great reader-provided information, too.

Try a search and see for yourself. If you can't find what you're looking for ask me.

Quotes

רֹאשׁ דְּבָרְךָ אֱמֶת קוֹרֵא מֵרֹאשׁ דּוֹר וָדוֹר עַם דּוֹרֶשְׁךָ דְּרֹשׁ
Your chief word is "truth"; You've called it out since the beginning. In each generation people interpret You [for themselves] and find [their own] meaning.

You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you odd. -Flannery O'Connor

“When in the afterglow of religious insight I can see a way that is good for all humans as it is for me—I will know it is His way.” - R. Abraham Joshua Heschel

I don't accept at all the quite popular argument that the press is responsible for the monarchy's recent troubles. The monarchy's responsible for the monarchy's recent troubles. To blame the press is the old thing of blaming the messenger for the message. -Anthony Holden

Said behind my back

"...he's trying to show that there are other facets to Orthodox Judaism. That we don't all think one way and vote one way. And he's occasionally entertaining when he's not being mean-spirited" [PsychoToddler]"

"He's witty. He's funny. He appreciates the ridiculous in life, and has no qualms about telling you when he thinks that you're being a moron" [Cara]

" I'm pretty sure [DovBear] is a really great guy who just wants to be able to ask questions and talk about things without the fear of someone claiming he's off the derech or on his way there." [Chaviva]